Danson Park

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168A Bellegrove Rd
Welling.
DA16 3RD

LOCATION:	NW Kent between Welling/Bexleyheath(A207)	GR TQ 474752(Car park off A221)
PARKING:	Car park accessed from Danson Road(A221)	Also, along A221
FACILITIES:	Toilets, children’s playground, putting green, cafe	Course well maintained
LESS ABLE:	Excellent path network, particularly round Mansion	Well made paths and gardens
MAP SCALE	1:7,500 Full Colour, contours 5m	Click here to open PRINT window, then PRINT






	Danson House, London’s most significant building at risk in 1995, now saved for the Nation. Danson is an exemplary Palladian Villa. Finished in 1766 to the designs of the architect Sir Robert Taylor, it was built for City merchant Sir John Boyd and his young bride Catherine Chapone. The family fortune was founded on West Indian sugar Shortly after the house was finished the King’s architect, Sir William Chambers, was commissioned to make changes to the house, including replacing the fireplaces on the Principal Floor. The layout and interior decoration of the house is dominated by the themes of enjoyment and love. The rooms on the piano nobile (principal floor) were designed as a suite of rooms for entertaining. Like many London estates, the property did not stay long in the family. In the 19th century it changed hands twice. Boyd’s son auctioned the majority of the original contents of the house when he sold the estate to John Johnston, a City merchant in 1806. They occupied Danson until 1863 when it was sold to Alfred Bean, the railway engineer who brought the railway to Bexley and North Kent. The subsequent history of the house, like that of many of its kind, is one of steady decline and a constant search for new uses. In 1995 when Danson was the most famous ‘building at risk’ in London English Heritage stepped in to oversee and fund a ten-year restoration project to save the house from ruin. Bexley Heritage Trust (involved since 2000) has completed the interior furnishings of the house and is proud to manage Danson, with the support of Bexley Council. *Bexley Heritage Trust www.historicdanson.com*

	Bexley London Borough


			An organised park with a well maintained PC, even though the posts are somewhat unconventional! Posts are about 6ft tall with a stone slab at the base on which the post number is painted. Some small wooded areas with large open spaces surrounding a central lake. Small enclosed area of garden, mainly ornamental trees. The Danson Mansion (see below) dominates the high ground and just undergone significant restoration. The grounds have been renewed (including a ha ha) and the new children’s playground moved to across the road. Nice pub/restaurant on site as well as toilets, putting green and boating on the lake. You can easily make a day of it in the park.


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